Cedric Roussel: Former Wolves and Coventry City striker dies aged 45

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Tributes have been paid to former Coventry and Wolves striker Cedric Roussel who has died at the age of 45

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The ex-Belgium international joined the Sky Blues from Gent in 1999 and played alongside Robbie Keane in the Premier League. After injury problems, Roussel joined Wolves in 2001, where he spent 18 months before returning to Belgium on loan to hometown club Mons.Roussel, who was capped three times by his national team, also had spells at Genk, Rubin Kazan in Russia as well as Standard Liege before another move back to Mons later in his career.

Mons hailed Roussel as"our legend and ambassador", saying they were"devastated" by the news of his death., which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enablecookies or to allow those cookies just once.

 

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